Meet Lauren
Lauren Gibson
LMFT & CEO of Cactus & Coast Counseling
Email: cactuscoastcounseling@gmail.com
Office phone: (512) 686-6275
License: LMFT (Texas #204136, California #123610)
Therapeutic Style: Collaborative, Warm, Direct, & Personalized
You're tired of just getting through the day. Maybe you've found yourself stuck in the same patterns, feeling distant from others — or even from yourself. If you're here, it's likely because something in your life is causing pain, and you're ready for change. You don't have to go through it alone.
Lauren is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in both Texas (#204136) and California (#123610) with over 10 years of mental health experience supporting individuals, couples, children, and families. She specializes in working through challenges like depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, fertility issues, and postpartum mental health. As a Level 3 trained Gottman therapist, she brings a compassion and research to her sessions supporting couples and individuals alike.
Her style is collaborative, warm, direct, and personalized, drawing from a variety of evidence-based approaches including client-centered therapy, the Gottman Method, attachment-based therapy, narrative therapy, CBT, DBT, and discernment counseling. When appropriate, she also integrates mindfulness, play, and art therapy to support healing and growth in creative ways.
In addition to her clinical practice, she teaches at both the undergraduate and graduate level at Houston Christian University and Colorado Christian University. She also provides supervision to graduate level therapists and serves as a staff member at a local inpatient and outpatient psychiatric and substance abuse hospital.
When she is isn’t in her office, you’ll likely find her enjoying time with her family, kayaking, planning her next vacation, or working on a woodworking project alongside her co-founder and husband.
Training & Education
Licensed in California (#123610) / Licensed in Texas (#204136)
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, minor Global Studies
Master of Science in Counseling Psychology: Marriage and Family Therapy, Professional Clinical Counseling
Undergraduate & Graduate Professor
8 years experience in inpatient and outpatient psychiatric emergency setting
Level 1, 2, and 3 Gottman trained therapist
Accepts insurance for individual clients in Texas only - check rates here
Out of Network and Couples Counseling appointments: $165 (50 minutes)
Learn more: Psychology Today profile
Fun facts about Lauren
Favorite sport: (snow) skiing
Favorite dessert: homemade chocolate chip cookies with dark chocolate
Favorite animal: Elephant
Favorite Disney movie: Toy Story
Favorite Disney Princess & Superhero: Rapunzel or Belle / Spiderman
How many pets do you have? 3 dogs
Favorite flower: Ranunculus or Tulips
Favorite mental health coping skills: gardening, kayaking , exercise, and/or painting
Favorite Bible Verse: Micah 6:8
“…the Lord has told you what is good, and this is what he requires of you: to do what is right, to love mercy”
